Bankruptcy and Family Law Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

Type: Government
Portfolio: Attorney-General
Originating house: Senate
Status: Act
Parliament no: 41
Summary: Amends the:
Bankruptcy Act 1966
  and
Family Law Act 1975
  to clarify the interaction between family law and bankruptcy, particularly in relation to the rights of the non-bankrupt spouse and the interests of creditors; and
Bankruptcy Act 1966
  to: establish a supervised account regime for the collection by a bankruptcy trustee of a bankrupt’s assessed income contributions; and prevent the use of financial and maintenance agreements to defeat the claims of creditors.

Progress

Senate
17 Nov 2004	Introduced and read a first time
17 Nov 2004	Second reading moved
29 Nov 2004	Second reading debate
09 Feb 2005	Second reading agreed to
09 Feb 2005	Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 2 Government and 1 Opposition agreed to
09 Feb 2005	Third reading agreed to

House of Representatives
10 Feb 2005	Introduced and read a first time
17 Feb 2005	Second reading moved
17 Feb 2005	Second reading agreed to
17 Feb 2005	Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 1 Government agreed to
17 Feb 2005	Third reading agreed to

Senate
09 Mar 2005	Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate agreed to House amendment

18 Mar 2005

Assent

Act no.: 20

Year: 2005

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
Third reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum
Supplementary explanatory memorandum
Supplementary explanatory memorandum
Revised explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Government [sheet PV223]
Opposition [sheet 4505] LUDWIG, Sen Joe

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendment made by the House of Representatives

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

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Text of bill

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Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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